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Re: [PATCH 1/2] cfg80211: add channel flag to prohibit OFDM operation

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On Thu, 2012-08-02 at 08:04 -0500, Seth Forshee wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 08:24:20AM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-08-01 at 15:58 -0500, Seth Forshee wrote:
> > > Currently the only way for wireless drivers to tell whether or not OFDM
> > > is allowed on the current channel is to check the regulatory
> > > information. However, this requires hodling cfg80211_mutex, which is not
> > > visible to the drivers.
> > > 
> > > Other regulatory restrictions are provided as flags in the channel
> > > definition, so let's do similarly with OFDM. This patch adds a new flag,
> > > IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_OFDM, to tell drivers that OFDM on a channel is not
> > > allowed. This flag is set on any channels for which regulatory indicates
> > > that OFDM is prohibited.
> > 
> > Looks good, this needs to go into 3.6, right?
> 
> Yes, it should go into 3.6.

Alright, applied.

johannes

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